Hi everybody,
XOTcl 1.5.1 is available. This is mostly a bugfix release + improved interface for implementing XOTcl methods in C.
all the best -gustaf neumann
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Announcing XOTcl 1.5.1 *************************
Hi everybody. We are pleased to announce the availability of XOTcl 1.5.1. Major changes relative to 1.4.0 are:
* Improved Functionality
+ Improved interface to develop XOTcl methods in C (Many thanks to Scott Gargash for the constructive discussions and suggestions).
New functions imported through the XOTcl's stub interface: - XOTclNextCmd() - XOTclCallMethodWithArgs
New constant XOTCL_NONLEAF_METHOD to allow C-implemented methods to call next. This constant can be passed as 5th argument to XOTclAddIMethod (or ...AddPMethod). The following is a short example for defining and registering a C-implemented constructor "init" to a class.
static int MyClassInit( ClientData cdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *CONST objv[] ) { int rc; /*** before next ***/ rc = XOTclNextObjCmd(cdata, interp, objc,objv); /*** after next ***/ return rc; } ... MyClass = XOTclGetClass(interp, "MyClass" ); XOTclAddIMethod(interp, MyClass, "init", MyClassInit, XOTCL_NONLEAF_METHOD, 0 );
* Improved code quality: + fixed a bug with the backward-compatible and deprecated "setter" interface (many thanks to Manfred Stelzhammer for reporting the bug) + fixed a bug in parsing nonpositional arguments, when e.g. square brackets are used in type declarations for parameters (Many thanks to Stefan Sobernig for reporting) + fixed autoname crash under Windows NT (Many thanks to Mark Janssen for reporting and providing a patch) + fixed serializer to handle deeper stratification layers + simplification and speedup of dispatcher + Makefile.in improvements for genstubs + Changed "test -e" to "test -f" in Makefile.in, since the standard test command in Solaris does not understand "test -e" (Many thanks to Andreas Kupries for reporting) + improved 64-bit compatibility on POWER5+
For more details about the changes, please consult the ChangeLog and documentation.
MORE INFO General and more detailed information about XOTcl and its components can be found at http://www.xotcl.org
Best regards,
Gustaf Neumann Uwe Zdun